Top Chinese footballer hurt in knife attack
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-10-07 10:03
BEIJING - A Chinese football international with first division club Dalian
Shide was badly wounded in a knife attack by two unidentified assailants.
Midfielder Quan Lei, 21, also a member of China's Olympic team, was stabbed
at least eight times in the attack and needed life-saving surgery in hospital,
the Beijing News said Friday.
The attack took place late Thursday as Quan was returning home from an
evening training session.
The newspaper said nothing had been taken from the player, ruling out robbery
as a motive.
It also said it was unlikely the attack was linked to match-fixing, a common
problem in China's professional football league, which is the focus of heavy
betting.
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